Entrez gene ID | | 3569 |
Official gene symbol | | IL6 |
Full name | | interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2) |
Aliases | | ,BSF2,HGF,HSF,IFNB2,IL-6, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a cytokine that functions in inflammation and the maturation of B cells. The protein is primarily produced at sites of acute and chronic inflammation, where it is secreted into the serum and induces a transcriptional inflammatory response through interleukin 6 receptor, alpha. The functioning of this gene is implicated in a wide variety of inflammation-associated disease states, including suspectibility to diabetes mellitus and systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 7 Locus: 7p21 |
Gene position | | 22766766 - 22771621 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 4856 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 147620 |
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